The EU Right to Repair Directive takes effect July 31, 2026. Manufacturers must offer repair at fair prices. The US has no equivalent federal law. Here is what changed.
I feel very lucky that my phone has lasted as long as it has (just about six years now). It’s slow and a little annoying but I’m thinking that I’ll probably dump some apps and photos and switch out the OS soon and that’ll probably help. My last laptop, on the other hand, made it three years before a Windows update rendered it completely useless. A friend of mine thinks he can get Linux on it and get it running again but I’m pretty pissed that it shit the bed like that after three years of moderate use.
My laptop before that one suddenly had a keyboard issue after five years… it would have been fine if I could have repaired the keyboard, but I had the one model that welded the keyboard to the goddamn chassis. A replacement keyboard was only 10 bucks. I’ll never let that one go ;-;
I feel very lucky that my phone has lasted as long as it has (just about six years now). It’s slow and a little annoying but I’m thinking that I’ll probably dump some apps and photos and switch out the OS soon and that’ll probably help. My last laptop, on the other hand, made it three years before a Windows update rendered it completely useless. A friend of mine thinks he can get Linux on it and get it running again but I’m pretty pissed that it shit the bed like that after three years of moderate use.
My laptop before that one suddenly had a keyboard issue after five years… it would have been fine if I could have repaired the keyboard, but I had the one model that welded the keyboard to the goddamn chassis. A replacement keyboard was only 10 bucks. I’ll never let that one go ;-;